Bavaria Fiction appoints new Executive Producer, Maximiliane Prokop

Bavaria Fiction  will soon welcome Maximiliane Prokop as Executive Producer. Based in Berlin, she will report to Marcus Ammon, Managing Director Content upon assuming her new role on 1 April. 

"Thanks to her wide experience in TV and film, Maximiliane is a great addition to our team of executive producers," Marcus Ammon, Managing Director Content at Bavaria Fiction said. "We have known Maximiliane since her student days and came to appreciate her energy and creativity in her various tasks. Since then, we have followed her career with great interest. Maximiliane, welcome to your new, old home!" 

Before accepting the new opportunity, Prokop worked as a producer at X Filme Creative Pool on the ZDF series "Doktor Ballouz," the RTL event series "Das Haus der Träume", the ZDF political thriller series "Furia" and the Grimme Award-winning series "Tina Mobil," among others. Before that, she worked as a junior producer at Constantin Film and additionally as Bora Dagtekin's personal assistant during the filming of "The Perfect Secret" and "Suck Me Shakespeer 3". She acted as executive producer for the coming-of-age short film "Jenny", which was awarded the FFF Bayern's promotional prize and was nominated for the German Short Film Award.  

The Ludwig-Maximilians-University graduate studied communication science and psychology, and then went on to study production and media business at the University of Television and Film in Munich. Her path crossed with Bavaria Fiction for the first time during her studies when she supported several executive producers in content and logistics and also worked on various film sets. "I am very much looking forward to contributing to the Bavaria Fiction team as the company continues to grow,"  Prokop said. "My goal is to produce bold, authentic entertainment that sensitively reflects our current times. I am particularly interested in developing and executing projects with a cross-media approach."